Getting started with raising your own chickens for eggs? Congratulations! Having your own eggs will give you a nice start into the world of raising your own food, plus the taste is unlike anything you can get at the store! Now that you’ve decided to get your pullets, what should you be feeding them, how…
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A happy, healthy chicken will naturally “fatten up”. So the real question is: what do we as chicken owners need to do to make sure that our chickens are happy and healthy? Chickens need plenty of water, appropriate feed, grit and a comfortable place to live to naturally reach ideal body condition. Great news, whether…
Tired of paying extra for name brand feed in those fancy 50 pound bags? You have some options. Have you considered making your own chicken feed? Feed for laying chickens is made from ground corn, soybean meal, calcium carbonate and poultry mineral mix. You can mix up your own poultry feed, we do it all…
Tired of paying for brand name broiler feed at brand name prices? Those 50 pound bags can add up, especially when your broilers get close to processing size! What are your feed alternatives? Can you make your own broiler feed? Broiler feed is made of ground corn, soybean meal, calcium carbonate and poultry mineral mix….
Fresh eggs from your own chickens, it doesn’t get better than that! You’ll have plenty of eggs to use, give to friends or extras to sell. Now for the big question, how much are those eggs going to cost you and are they worth it? Keeping laying hens for eggs, will cost you $1.42 in…
Why do chickens eat rocks? Because they can not get dentures or false teeth! Just kidding about the dentures, of course. However, the eating rocks part is real. Chickens swallow food whole and eat small rocks, called grit, to help them grind up their food. Chickens that are loose can find their own grit, chickens…